Revive Theology 101

Theology Proper

Definitions

Grammar of ‘God’

Sources

Tradition?

Bible?

Experience?

Aim

Life with God

Necessity of Mystery

Mystery, Paradox, and Contradiction

The Trinity

St. Patrick Video

God is One

Deut 6:4, Is 44.6; John 10:30

The Father is God

John 17:3; 1 Cor 8:6

The Son is God

John 20:28; Heb 1:8; Colossians 2.9

The Holy Spirit is God

Acts 5:3-4

Eternality

Son: Heb 1:10-12, John 1:1-3

Father Not the HS:

Jn 14.26

HS is not the Son:

Acts 10:38

Son is not the Father:

John 6:38

Other Trinitarian Formulas

Genesis 1

Mt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; Eph 4:4-6; Matt 3:16-17; 1 Peter 1:2;

Attributes of God

Love, Justice, etc. (How many?)

Immanence/Transcendence

Eternality

Three Omnis

Providence, Election, and Free Will

All systems seek to reconcile two fundamental truths:

God has foreknowledge and providentially guides history

Humans have free will and thus moral responsibility

Christology

Incarnation

Definition of Chalcedon

Philippians 2:6-11

Atonement

Substitution, Penal Substitution, and Satisfaction

Ransom and Christus Victor

Moral Influence

Recapitulation

Salvation

Social/Personal

Whole Creation

Justification

Sanctification

Glorification/Theosis

Ecclesiology

What is the Church?

Visible/Invisible

Institution vs. Spiritual

Sacramental Theology

Which sacraments?

How do they work?

Eschatology

Future, Realized, or Inaugurated?

Death and Resurrection

Judgement, Parousia, and Question of Salvation

New Creation